The campaign on the referendum for the UK to Remain or to Leave the EU is heating up. There is a lot of noise, and a good deal of mud slinging.  There are suggestions from the Remain camp that were the UK to Leave, the beneficiaries would be Putin’s Russia, ISIS, and “populists” across the Europe. From the Leave camp come statements that the EU is already an undemocratic superstate in the making, and were the UK to stay, it will become

a province of a United States of Europe.

The arguments however have been incisive on both sides. My suggestions is that those of you who want to be informed should not listen to the mudslinging at lower levels. Because the stakes are high, inevitably personal relations are being put to the test. My intent in choosing the following statements is that voters in the UK, and interested observers from without, can get access to excellent presentations on both positions. The choice is predicated on my judgement of sound and informative speeches by leaders on both sides.

The discerning among you will recognise the weak points in both cases, and hopefully come to your own conclusions, or confirm your own views on which way the voting should go.

Remain

Prime Minister, David Cameron statement on Europe referendum: House of Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hex78gJebOo

Sir John Major, Why Britain Should Remain in the EU : Oxford Unionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmgyqSpBDj4

Lord Hague, Why a Eurosceptic Should Vote to Remain: Chatham House https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/why-eurosceptic-should-vote-remain

 

Sir John Major and Tony Blair in Northern Ireland, http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36486016

Leave

Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatchers Chancellor of the Exchequer,  Making the Case for Brexit: Chatham House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_gyYnwu4Pw

Boris Johnson barnstorming Brexit speech “We happy few” – YouTube

Vote Leave – Lord Owen Gives Speech On BREXIT – YouTube